Andy Woolmer will referee Dale for the third time in 2015 when we make the short trip to Gigg Lane on Saturday.

The Northampton-based official was in charge of our 2-2 draw at Coventry in January, before refereeing the 1-0 Good Friday defeat at Preston.

Mr Woolmer, a postman by trade, also refereed Dale twice in quick succession in their promotion campaign.

He was the man in the middle at Exeter, where Jamie Allen’s first half goal gave Dale a 1-0 win, while seven weeks prior to that appointment, Andy had refereed the 3-0 defeat at Scunthorpe in which he sent-off Michael Rose, but allowed Scott Hogan to remain on the field despite what appeared to be a head-butt after a midfield melee.

That Hogan then went on to score against Leeds three days later showed what an important call in our favour that was!

Mr Woolmer has been a regular performer at Dale fixtures since he joined the league list in 2004 and Saturday will be the 16th time we have seen him in the middle.

One of Andy’s most memorable Dale games was in September 2010 when he refereed the famous 2-0 win at Southampton, which is undoubtedly the best-ever league result achieved by any Rochdale side

His full list of Dale games is:

Sep 04 Grimsby (a), W 1-0

Mar 05 Wycombe (h), D 1-1

Sep 05 Oxford U (h), L 0-1

Oct 06 Darlington (a), W 5-0

Feb 08 Lincoln (a), L 1-2

Mar 08 Rotherham (h), W 4-1

Jan 09 Notts Co (h), W 3-0

Dec 09 Lincoln C (a), W 3-1

Sep 10 Southampton (a), W2-0

Nov 11 MK Dons (a), L 1-3

Nov 12 Port Vale (a), D 2-2

Jan 14 Scunthorpe (a), L 0-3

Feb 14 Exeter (a), W 1-0

Jan 15 Coventry (a), D 2-2

Apr 15 Preston (a), L 0-1

So far this season Andy has refereed nine games, showing 22 yellow cards and no red.

His most recent appointment was Yeovil v Dagenham & Redbridge last Saturday.

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